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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Ive been getting shortness of breath randomly usually every day for 4 months now that also gets relieved briefly with a long deep breath. Its also accompanied by usually dull pressure like pain on my chest in different places but can sometimes be sharp pain. Its never there when im sleeping and if I wake up during the night it seems to only arrive in the morning either after I wake up or after breakfast. I went to my GP a few weeks ago about it and he checked my chest and lungs and said they seemed fine and thinks its GERD. Im still not sure about it but probably going to get tests done to be sure about it but any thoughts?
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I would definitely recommend further testing, did your Doctor do a Chest Scan? I was experiencing shortness of breath and my Doctor ordered a Chest Scan which showed that I had scarring on my lungs. Once you have scarring of the lungs, the damage can’t be reversed, and you need to stop the progression. After further testing I was diagnosed with Dermatomyositis and interstitial lung disease. So please get more testing, I was having shortness of breath for about four month before I went to my doctor. I wished I hadn’t waited so long. Good luck! Kathryn